Mardy Fish

“I realize there are a lot of people putting in a lot of time and effort for me, and I want to do well for them, too.”

“I feel very blessed to play a sport for a living.”

“I put my head on my pillow now, knowing that in the later stages in my career, from 2010 on, I did everything I possibly could do to be as good as I could possibly be, I know it sounds really cheesy but it was actually true.”

“You can be pretty selfish as tennis players, being an individual sport.”

“You can't replace Davis Cup with something else. Its love and lore won't be surpassed any time soon.”

“There are a lot of things I'd like to do when I come to D.C. - go to a Nationals game and have fun - but it might not be the best thing for me.”

“I'm superstitious as far as stuff around the courts. I'll eat the same things and drink the same things, and have the same breakfast in the morning.”

“I had trained myself to show no weakness.”

“I'm pretty good at golf and I enjoy trying to get better and learning without the stress on your body, without having to be in incredible physical shape.”

“I worked extremely hard to put myself in the best position to not have to worry about things when I was out there. Because if I was out of shape, or if I didn't feel well, or if it was going to be a long match or a hot match, or something like that, a lot more things creep into your head.”

“Sports end in a result. And life keeps going. Mine, I hope, is just getting started.”

“I've got a big serve, a hard serve, and quicker points as opposed to longer points.”

“There are certain circumstances where I feel a little unlucky or why did this happen to me but I'm sort of transitioning from that and finding ways that I can learn from it and help with it.”

“To educate is really the most important thing. To try to reach people that have never understood mental health or had issues with it or people around them who have had issues with it. To just educate them and just understand that Naomi Osaka is not going to pull out of the French Open just because she doesn't want to talk to the press.”

“The sport, my job, was taken from me so abruptly that it took me a long time to get my life back.”

“As tennis players, we're ingrained from a young age to not show anything - tiredness, fear - or your opponent is going to know and you don't want that to happen.”

“I just feel like a completely different person confidence-wise, just being able to walk around feeling like an actual athlete that's in pretty good shape.”

“If anyone reads about my story, and says, 'Look, there's a guy that struggled with a lot of stuff that I am dealing with now, and he got through it,' then, yeah, I'd love that. If it helps one person, then that's great.”

“I practice kickboxing and Muay Thai right now, like, come on, I'll take anyone on in the ring. You can punch me in the face all you want, and I'll hit you back.”

“Everyone has got demons and stuff they're dealing with.”